Health Topics

There are many intersections between health and place. The following represent key topics of interest to urban planners.

• Accessibility to services and opportunities, related to transportation options and distances to destinations
• Air quality
• Disasters including climate change
• Environment and housing quality including various pollutants
• Food access
• Healthcare access, particularly physical access problems in rural areas
• Mental health, often to do with stress
• Noise
• Physical activity, focused on providing options
• Safety, from crime and from traffic, perceived and measured
• Social capital and social support
• Water quality

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